Julia Reischel
Articles
Dec. 10, 2014
Above: Photo by Flickr user grendelkhan.
A power surge during a large snowstorm caused electical outlets to smoke and pop in six houses in the Schoharie County town of Middleburgh early on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
Beginning at 12:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning... Read more
Dec. 10, 2014
Above: The Route 23 bridge over the Schoharie Creek in Prattsville. Photo by Doug Kerr.
The steel truss bridge that carries Route 23 over the Schoharie Creek in the Greene County town of Prattsville is slated for replacement in 2016, according to the... Read more
Dec. 10, 2014
Above: Photo by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, via Flickr.
This Sunday, the Peekamoose Restaurant & Tap Room is throwing a fundraising bash for the Community Pantry, the food pantry that serves the Delaware County town of Middletown.
The... Read more
Dec. 10, 2014
Above: A 65-year-old New York City woman is dead after five tractor trailers and two passenger vehicles crashed on Route 17 in Sullivan County on Tuesday, Dec. 9. Photo by John of Catskills Photography, via Flickr.
Icy road conditions early on the... Read more
Dec. 9, 2014
Above: Rush hour traffic in Andes, New York. Photo by Flickr user charltonlido, taken in 2010.
With a unanimous vote, the town board of the Delaware County town of Andes passed a local law banning oil and natural gas waste on Tuesday, Dec. 9, according... Read more
Dec. 8, 2014
Winter storm warnings are in effect for Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties for Tuesday, Dec. 9 through Thursday, Dec. 11. Forecasts are calling for eight to 14 inches of snow, often accumulating at one to to inches per hour... Read more
Dec. 8, 2014
Above: An excerpt from a letter sent to to landowners along the route of the Constitution Pipeline on Dec. 3. Read the full letter at the bottom of this story or by clicking here.
The day after receiving federal approval, the Constitution Pipeline sent... Read more
Dec. 8, 2014
Above: Carts full of holiday shopping were abandoned in the checkout line at Walmart on Saturday, Dec. 6 after shoppers evacuated the building after a "threat call." Contributed photo.
Several stores in the town of Ulster shopping center on Route 9W near... Read more
Dec. 5, 2014
A winter weather advisory is in effect for Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties today, Friday, Dec. 5, beginning this afternoon and lasting through tomorrow morning.
The high roads in the Catskills will be icy tonight, according to a... Read more
Dec. 3, 2014
Above: The door to the Gypsy Wolf Cantina. Photo by Flickr user satemkemet.
Every year since 1989, the sign in front of the Gypsy Wolf Cantina in the Ulster County town of Woodstock has changed. One year, a stylized wolf howled at the moon. Another, a... Read more
Dec. 3, 2014
Above: A natural gas pipeline being constructed. Photo courtesy of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The Constitution Pipeline received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build a 124-mile natural gas pipeline from... Read more
Dec. 2, 2014
Above: An ice wall in Platte Clove in 2013. Photo by Dave Hebb and shared in the Watershed Post Flickr pool.
The National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories for snow and freezing rain beginning on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 2 and lasting... Read more
Dec. 2, 2014
The site of the former Concord Hotel, above, was once a thriving resort in Kiamesha Lake, in Sullivan County. Developers want to build a new resort casino here, and are anxiously waiting for permits for up to two Catskills casinos to be issued by New... Read more
Dec. 1, 2014
Above: Ramona Sunderwith watches the first patients arriving at the Lunsar Ebola Treatment Center in Sierra Leone on Monday, Dec. 1. Photo by Sam Ryder, via Twitter, and International Medical Corps.
Ramona Sunderwirth is an emergency pediatric physician... Read more
Dec. 1, 2014
An armed suspect wearing a Spider-Man mask robbed a Smoker's Choice convenience store in Walton the day after Thanksgiving, according to the New York State Police.
A police press release states that the store was robbed at 6:44 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 28 by... Read more
Nov. 26, 2014
Above: Photo of snow accumulation in Monticello on Nov. 26, 2014 by John (aka Catskill Photography) and shared in our Flickr pool.
Our expected snowstorm arrived this morning, Nov. 26, with flakes falling in earnest around 9:50 a.m. at the Watershed Post... Read more
Nov. 25, 2014
Above: Snowfall predictions for the Catskills, via the National Weather Service's Binghamton office.
The forecasts for a whammy of a winter storm are getting more serious: Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan and Ulster counties are all under a winter... Read more
Nov. 25, 2014
On Saturday, Nov. 29, hundreds of runners will line up in Phoenicia for the annual post-feast Phoenicia Turkey Trot to walk, run or waddle 2.4 miles through the hamlet to raise funs for building upkeep and improvements at the Shandaken Theatrical Society... Read more
Nov. 24, 2014
Above: Hudson Valley Weather's analysis of the impact of a nor'easter on Wednesday, Nov. 26. Via the Hudson Valley Weather Facebook page.
The forecast for the next 48 hours is looking decidedly weird.
Today's temperatures are breaking records for... Read more
Nov. 19, 2014
A 21-year-old SUNY Cobleskill student was killed in a car crash in the village of Sharon Springs on the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 19, according to a press release from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office and the Albany Times-Union.
SUNY Cobleskill has... Read more